Each week, Sporting News’ Matt Hayes picks 10 of the week’s best games.

Wisconsin 24, Michigan State 20: Wisconsin hasn’t played a defense that can consistently stop anything – much less the Badgers’ balanced, dangerous offense. Spartans will get stops, but Wisky QB Russell Wilson’s dual threat is too much.

Notre Dame 33, Southern Cal 17: Hard to believe this Irish team is the same group that stumbled all over itself in unthinkable losses to USF and Michigan to begin the season. They’re confident on offense; they’re aggressive on defense – and they control the lines of scrimmage.

Oklahoma State 36, Missouri 33: Tigers QB James Franklin is going to give Oklahoma State’s defense (ranked 100 in FBS) all kinds of problems. Then there’s the Missouri pass defense. Oklahoma State QB Brandon Weeden will make it look too easy.

Stanford 41, Washington 28: The most overlooked player in the nation (Washington QB Keith Price) will keep the Huskies close for a half. Then the most popular player in the nation (Stanford QB Andrew Luck) will win it in the second half.

Miami (Fla.) 30, Georgia Tech 28: Jacory Harris finally is beginning to understand his role in the Miami offense. He has 8 TDs and 0 INTs in his last three games, and is completing almost 70 percent of his passes. The problem: UM is 94th in the nation in run defense.

Penn State 20, Northwestern 17: How many times can Penn State’s sticky defense save an offense that has trouble simply moving the ball, you ask? At least one more. Frankly, I don’t know how PSU continues to win; I just know it ends after this week. Maybe for the rest of the season.

Clemson 33, North Carolina 26: We’re way past Clemson being Clemson. Too much late game mojo, too much of electric WR Sammy Watkins and QB Tajh Boyd. UNC’s defense, the foundation early on, is beginning to show flaws.

Kansas State 27, Kansas 26: The Jayhawks will play much harder (and better) than you’d think here. K-State, meanwhile, doesn’t do anything well on offense other than riding QB Collin Klein and protecting the ball. A few forced turnovers (and a defensive touchdown) will be the difference.

LSU 33, Auburn 10: So LSU lost its two best players. This is an issue because? Auburn is struggling defensively (that’s saying it nicely), and the quarterback situation is a mess. Not a good sign against the LSU defense – which may outscore the Auburn offense by itself.

Oklahoma 40, Texas Tech 21: Tech just doesn’t have enough defensively to get the stops it needs, and the Sooners will eventually figure out how to slow down the Red Raiders’ pass game (don’t they always?).